Students wearing face masks walk into a high school in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 24, 2020. (Photo: Xinhua)
The total number of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide has increased to 482,128 with the global confirmed cases reaching 9,405,800 as of 10:30 am BJT on Thursday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
Current situation (data as of 10:30 am BJT, June 25):
Chinese health authority said Thursday that it received reports of 19 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Wednesday, of whom 14 were domestically transmitted and five were imported.
US state of California reported 7,149 new cases of COVID-19 over a 24-hour span on Wednesday, shattering the daily record for new infections for a second straight day.
The number of people who recovered from COVID-19 infections in Italy reached 186,111 on Wednesday, as 1,526 new recoveries were registered over the past 24 hours, the country's Civil Protection Department said in its daily bulletin.
Iran's COVID-19 cases on Wednesday exceeded 212,000. Meanwhile, Turkish and Chinese medical experts held a video conference over the prevention and treatment of the COVID-19.
Turkey reported 24 new COVID-19 fatalities on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 5,025 in the country, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.
Following a meeting of Belgium's National Security Council, Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes announced here Wednesday the measures of Phase 4 of deconfinement that will begin on July 1.